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Old April 10th, 2006, 05:54 PM
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They do, Its just that on the www..forums and politics sites etc, people tend to convienently forget that fact in order to raize hell about mans inhumane weapon and the Yanks inhumamity where an enemy is concerned....to serve the needs of their own political viewpoint...better by far to be killed by fire raids in the hundreds of thousands than to be killed by one bomb developed by the USA in the main. And truthfully although Im anti war and especially politically anti Iraq invasion and tissue of corresponding lies..to see the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasake used as a political tool and conveinetly forget the firebombing deaths and the continued massacres that would have gone on without any Japanese reaction is political correctness gone mad..As others have stated on here...a great view on the matter is given in the book, Safely Quarteed out hear, by the guy who wrote Flashman novels and served in Burma...He has a great answer at the end of the book to all the doubters of the bombing..Sorry for rant on quiz forum..doesnt belong here I know..apologies...but yourlast post Luck Jack raises a good point.
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